{"id":532953,"date":"2021-05-20T18:32:59","date_gmt":"2021-05-20T22:32:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=532953"},"modified":"2021-05-21T10:20:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-21T14:20:56","slug":"pennsylvania-vote-will-have-big-impact-on-lockdowns-future-emergencies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pennsylvania-vote-will-have-big-impact-on-lockdowns-future-emergencies\/","title":{"rendered":"Pennsylvania Vote Will Have Big Impact on Lockdowns, Future Emergencies"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpennsylvania-vote-will-have-big-impact-on-lockdowns-future-emergencies%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=532953&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/GetFile-19.aspx\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A vote Tuesday on two statewide initiatives in Pennsylvania could have a major impact on both the future of lockdowns and emergency management in the Keystone State.<\/p>\n<p>By 53-47%, Pennsylvanians voted for Amendment 1 to severely gut the governor&#8217;s power to declare states of emergency \u2014 empowering the legislature to extend or terminate an emergency.<\/p>\n<p>Amendment 2, enacted by a similar margin, gave the legislature power to decide whether to continue or end an emergency after 21 days.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It is a clear repudiation of Gov. [Tom] Wolf&#8217;s draconian shutdown approach to handling the COVID-19 pandemic,&#8221; Lowman Henry, president of the Harrisburg-based Lincoln Institute, told Newsmax.<\/p>\n<p>Henry noted, the vote for the two amendments was &#8220;an unprecedented rebuke of a governor for the General&nbsp;Assembly when the voters amend the state Constitution to curb the abuse of executive power.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But others warned the measure will force the legislature to take a greater role in future emergencies \u2014 snowstorms, floods, and similar disasters.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There will be huge pressure on the governor and the legislature during crises to come to agreement on how to deal with it,&#8221; said Franklin &amp; Marshall College Prof. G. Terry Madonna, the premier pollster in Pennsylvania. &#8220;With the political divisions, compromise won&#8217;t be easy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>John Gizzi is chief political columnist and White House correspondent for Newsmax. For more of his reports<\/strong>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsmax.com\/insiders\/john-gizzi\/id-212\/\">Go Here Now.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A vote Tuesday on two statewide initiatives in Pennsylvania could have a major impact on both the future of lockdowns and emergency management in the Keystone State. 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